 O father, O mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with you after appearances hitherto. Henceforward I am the truth's. Be it known unto you that henceforward I obey no law less than the eternal law. I will have no covenants but proximities.  So this Then is the Essay on Self-reliance - Page 24by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 46 pagesFull view - About this book
 | T. Walter Herbert - 1993 - 360 pages
...this view was in keeping with his broader doctrines of the self-sufficient soul (Myerson, 330-332). "Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse," he had proclaimed in "Self-Reliance." "Say to them, 'O father, O mother, O wife ... I have lived with... | |
 | Peter D. Kramer - 1997 - 328 pages
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 | Charles B. Guignon - 1999 - 350 pages
...least resist our temptations; let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. This is to be done...converse. Say to them, "O father, O mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with you after appearances hitherto. Henceforward I am the truth's.... | |
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